The Philadelphia Phillies shortstop has been the brightest star on a team of superstars as the United States has stormed to the event’s championship game.
Sunday, he hit two more homers and drove in four more RBI in the United States’ 14-2 drubbing of Cuba in a World Baseball Classic semifinal. This time, he wasn’t the savior. After all, the Americans didn’t need to be saved against Cuba on Sunday. This time, he was something else. This time, he was the brightest star on a team full of superstars. This time, he was the center of attention, the man everyone wanted to hear from – the hero, the guy.“Early in this [tournament], me, J.T.
The funny thing about Turner, difficult as it is to quantify, is that he has never exactly felt like a superstar. He played like one, sure, especially in the past few seasons. He will be paid like one, too, because only a handful of players in baseball history can say they’ve signed contracts worth $300 million.
He found a way to incorporate it anyway. By his third full season in 2018, he hit 19 homers in 740 big league plate appearances. In 2021, he hit 28 homers. Since the start of the 2020 season, only one shortstop has a higher slugging percentage than Turner – Fernando Tatis Jr., who accumulated his in almost half as many games as Turner and who will not be a shortstop in 2023.“Trea can do it all,” said Betts, his former Dodgers teammate.
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